ami ohun ẹlẹyọọroke
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
From àmì ohùn (“tone mark”) + ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè (“rising”).
- ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè from oní- (“that which has”) + ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yọ́ (“to glide”) + rè (“to go”) + òkè (“top”), literally “that which glides to the top”
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè
See also edit
tone marks
- àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling-tone mark”)
- àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè (“rising-tone mark”)
- àmì ohùn àárín (“mid-tone mark”)
- àmì ohùn ìsàlẹ̀ (“low-tone mark”)
- àmì ohùn òkè (“high-tone mark”)